The high school kid who got cancelled for a 6 year old tweet

Saw a story last week about a teen in Ohio who lost his college scholarship over a tweet he posted when he was 12. It was something dumb like a racist joke he copied from YouTube. Part of me thinks actions have consequences, but the other part says a 12 year old is still a kid learning right from wrong. Where's the line on holding kids accountable for stuff they wrote before they knew better?

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elliotadams29d agoMost Upvoted

Wonder if it matters whether the kid actually understood what they were saying or just copied it for laughs? Like is a twelve year old who repeats a joke really the same as a seventeen year old who still holds those beliefs?

the_margaret27d ago

Yeah, age matters for sure...